Factual Features – Page 3
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Behind The ScenesTrump: The Criminal Conspiracy Case, BBC2
Director Marian Mohamed on the inside story of how the former president allegedly tried to overturn the election result in 2020
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FeaturesPlimsoll eyes natural history ‘Trojan Horse’ to grow fact-ent slate
Andrea Jackson and Karen Plumb explain indie’s heartland can strengthen ’noisy and audacious ideas’
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Behind The ScenesThe Man Who Definitely Didn’t Steal Hollywood, BBC2
Writer, producer and director John Dower on how he took his cue from Hollywood to make a doc about a scandal that could be a movie itself
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FeaturesSpiked: The Hunt For The Origin Of Covid-19
‘The global importance of the story should endear Spiked to international buyers’
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FeaturesArming The Arctic
‘The fast-paced style keeps audiences engaged from the opening sequence to the credits’
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FeaturesVirgin Island
‘This isn’t a ‘dating in paradise’ reality show cast from Instagram and TikTok. These are real people’
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FeaturesDo You Want To Live Forever?
‘No way can you come away from Do You Want To Live Forever? without having learned something’
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FeaturesMysteries Of…
‘This series offers fresh perspectives and delves into lesser-known stories that bring these subjects to life in a new way’
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FeaturesMade In Korea: The K-Pop Experience
‘Buyers are looking for the next talent show, and this is fresh, unique and fits the bill nicely’
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FeaturesSylvia Bednarz: There should always be a place for ob-docs in our industry
Grierson Trust managing director unpacks this year’s awards shortlist and impact of DocLabs
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Behind The ScenesFamily trust central to ‘raw’ and personal Nicola Bulley doc
James Rogan and Rachel Lob-Levyt talk through capturing individual experiences in BBC1’s The Search for Nicola Bulley
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Behind The ScenesNavigating the ‘most complex’ duty of care for Al Fayed exposé
Director Erica Gornall unveils the expensive therapy process behind BBC2’s headline-grabbing doc
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Behind The ScenesElizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar, BBC2
Series director James House and series producer Jemma Chisnall on how Kim Kardashian helped make an infamous story feel new and fresh
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FeaturesOn the presidential Frontline: how PBS addresses ‘multiple Americas’
Chief Raney Aronson-Rath unpacks the flagship doc strand’s programming strategy ahead of the Harris-Trump showdown
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Behind The ScenesSmall Town Big Riot, BBC3
Mobeen Azhar tells Manori Ravindran how BBC3’s race-riot doc reveals ‘racism repackaged for the internet age’
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Behind The ScenesIsrael & Gaza: Into the Abyss, ITV1
Director Robin Barnwell explains the challenges of recording footage and getting it out of Gaza for a major ITV1 doc
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Behind The ScenesThe making of In My Own Words: Alison Lapper
Director Poppy Goodheart on the sensitive interviews at the heart of a doc about grief and love
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Behind The ScenesThe Seal Whisperer, BBC1
Nathalie Grace, first time shooting producer/director, on capturing seals beneath the waves - and one man’s extraordinary passion for studying them
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FeaturesThe problem with factual: How producers are balancing pressures and responsibilities
Broadcast asks indies about the challenges they are facing and what they are doing to improve working conditions for freelancers